The 7th is marked. “People being shot.. multiple shootings.” I had a visual of a person who was shot, while others tried to help her. “This happens again.” Then they said ‘Anniversary or University.’ the verbiage was very faint.

I had a visual of a young man crossing through multiple areas of a University shooting at a multitude of people.

I live 45 minutes away from Seattle.There are two concert venues sandwiched between Safeco (Baseball) Field and Century link Field where concerts and football occur.
This is called the Sodo District(short for south of Seattle)
Did you see the Space Needle in this vision?

The problem could be helped by listening to both sides….Democrats are right that we need better gun control, and Republicans are right that we need more mental health services.

We don’t need to take away all guns, but we definitely need better control than we do now…..a database of people not to sell guns to (like criminals, abusers, or terrorist sympathizers) might help, kind of like the no-fly-list.

We definitely need better mental health services too; it’s awful how expensive it’s gotten. A lot of people aren’t getting the help they need.

Problem though is there is no indication that Republicans will ever work on meaningful reform for our mental health systems. It’s an issue that only matters to them in the immediate aftermath of a shooting – then it’s forgotten, until there’s another shooting. Trump and the GOP have also cut funding for mental health.

Brandon Parnell — The US leads the world in gun ownership (over 270 million) and has the highest rate of murder or manslaughter by firearm in the developed world. All countries have mental health problems, yet the U.S. has more guns and less gun control than smaller countries that have less guns, which is why the U.S. has the highest rate of murder or manslaughter by firearm in the developed world. Btw, no one is saying that gun control will stop all gun violence.

Cody, There are good people who have guns, active shooters have been stopped by good people with guns, and plus the 2nd addmendment gave us the right to bear arms, so why is it that guns are always blamed for the shootings when the person holdin gthe trigger is controlling it. And if the goverment even tries to take peoples guns away, we could have another civil war on our hands, and no one wants that!

Everyone please keep this conversation civil Brandon has a right to his opinion as does everyone, I have erased two comments for being vicious and cruel. In this decade grace, class, and respect for one another seems to have gone out the window, but I refuse to be apart of that trend here.

Brandon,
No one wants to take away all guns from every citizen…when they talk gun-control they mean finding better ways of making sure guns don’t end up in dangerous hands. Like putting a stop to selling semi-automatics to civilians.

Doing good background checks on people who want to buy guns is very important, and if an applicant has a history of domestic abuse, terrorist sympathies, or serious mental issues, they should not be allowed to own a gun.

Keep in mind, Brandon, no one’s blaming the guns alone for the shootings….they’re blaming how easy it is for violent people to get guns. In other countries, they have better gun-control, and they don’t have half as many shootings as we do.

I’m not saying we should ban all guns or take them from their owners. But we do need better background checks, and a kind of do-not-sell-to list for violent criminals, abusers, and extremists.

This way a law-abiding citizen can still have a gun for self-defense, but it’s harder for a budding terrorist or a mental patient to get hold of them and cause a mass-shooting.

When will this insanity end? What worries me is how this is our new normal. Eric, is it possible for you to ask the Spirits if they foresee a time when there will be a decrease in these mass killings in the United States? Thanks.